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Andrew K. Block Jr., legal director of the JustChildren Program of the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, will receive the first Robert E. Shepherd Jr. award for excellence in advocacy for children. The Virginia Bar Association is establishing the ...

On May 6, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended the law license of Tonja Michelle Roberts of Danville for one year, effective June 2, and imposed terms. According to the VSB, Roberts violated professional rules that govern diligence, communication, ...

The decedent was a 97-year-old woman who had gone into a nursing home for rehabilitation care. While in the nursing home, on Feb. 18, 2008, she was mistakenly injected with insulin in her stomach and was subsequently found unconscious. Decedent ...

The plaintiff, a male who was 81 years old at the time of the incident, called his roadside assistance service after his car broke down on the side of Interstate 64 east of Richmond. The roadside assistance provider contacted a ...

This is the confidential settlement of a complex and hotly contested products liability case. The plaintiff suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, rendering the plaintiff totally and permanently incapacitated. [09-T-085] Type of Action: Products liability Injuries Alleged: Severe traumatic brain ...

Infant plaintiff was delivered on Dec. 11, 2003, with an Apgar score of two, four and five. Her cord blood pH was 6.64. She was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit in a depressed neurological state. For two hours ...

Plaintiff, a retired Fairfax County elementary school teacher, age 69, was struck by defendant’s motor vehicle in a crosswalk at the Twinbrook Shopping Center in Fairfax County. She suffered a slit depressed (10mm) lateral left tibial plateau fracture and large ...

This premises liability/personal injury action arose out of a slip-and-fall accident that occurred at a large corporate office building. The plaintiff was injured while walking in the atrium on her way to her office. Unbeknownst to the plaintiff, water was ...

This medical malpractice/wrongful death case arose out of medical care Jane Doe received at a Virginia hospital during May 2008. Plaintiff’s decedent was admitted to the defendant hospital for treatment of pancreatitis. Her prior medical history included insulin-dependent diabetes, lupus, ...

In early 2007, ADI signed a teaming agreement with general contractor EMW to bid on a contract with NATO to supply 48 remote-controlled improvised explosive device jammers, known as the MILJAM-350, for NATO’s use in Afghanistan. The jammers have the ...